Freshman Hailey Cook, who took first place on both nights at the Ketchikan competition, stands with Miette Adamn of Metlakatla High School (left) and Gabrielle Bueno of Ketchikan High School (right).
The Wrangell High School wrestling team traveled to Ketchikan to compete in the Bill Weiss Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11. Including exhibition matches, they came away with 54 wins and 26 losses, with 36 pins.
Named after the former Ketchikan Daily News printing press operator and sports writer who devoted much of his time to wrestling events, the tournament featured over 200 wrestlers during both days, according to Wrangell coach Jack Carney. "Some of the 16-man brackets were full. We had Unalaska and Valdez join also," he said.
Carney said there were not enough girls to run a full bracket. "So they just held two round robins, one on Friday and one on Saturday."
According to Carney, junior Della Churchill at 120 and freshman Hailey Cook at 107 earned first place on both nights, while senior Keegan Hanson at 152 and junior Vanessa Johnson at 165 took first on Friday, and sophomore Katelynn Gillen at 165 took first on Saturday.
Gillen also came in second on Friday, as well as senior Mia Wiederspohn at 152 and freshman Jackson Carney at 130. Coming in third place on Friday were Wiederspohn and sophomore Boomchain Loucks at 119, while Johnson also took third on Saturday.
Sophomore Ian Nelson at 140 and Cody Barnes at 215 came in fourth, and Kyan Stead took sixth at 125.
Carney took pride in the results after weeks of training. "We put a lot of kids on notice with our performance," he said.
The Wolves will hold their annual halibut dinner fundraiser at the Stikine Inn for pick-up and with a silent auction on Friday, Nov. 17. The team will host their own tournament on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 24-25, at the Wrangell gym.
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